Quick Definition
to pervert
Strong's Definition
to wrest
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
TWOT Reference: 1591
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert
1a2) to bend, make crooked
1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle)
1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert
1a2) to bend, make crooked
1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle)
1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָוַת
‛âvath
BDB Definition:
1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert
1a2) to bend, make crooked
1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle)
1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1591
Total KJV Occurrences: 12